Windows Registry Search

Options

Enter the text you are searching for (in names of keys or values or in data of values).

Find Now/Stop

The Find Now button starts searching. When searching is in progress, the Find Now button
is replaced by the Stop button which you can use to stop searching.

Look in

Specifies the key in the registry where you want to start searching. The path "REG:\"
stands for the root of the Windows registry (it means you will search in the whole registry).
E.g. the path "REG:\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software" stands for the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software key.

Help

Displays this help page.

Show options

When checked, you can see more search options. Otherwise, you can see only
the Found Items listview.

Include subkeys

Select this check box if you want to search all subkeys of the key listed in the Look in box.

Look at: Keys, Values, and Data

Specify if you want to search in names of keys, names of values, and/or data of values.

HEX-mode

This is the option for the Search for edit box. Hexadecimal mode will be used
to set character by character in hexadecimal numbers. You can also input normal text in
the hexadecimal mode, but it must be quoted using double quotes. So if you set
'01 02 "text" 00', it will be a pattern with 7 characters, 2+4+1.

Case sensitive

This is the option for the Search for edit box. When checked, searching for
a substring is case sensitive. Otherwise, searching is not case sensitive (upper and lower
case characters are equal).

Whole words

This is the option for the Search for edit box. When checked, a found substring
must be preceded and followed by a space, tab, or punctuation character, or be at the start
or end of the name. Otherwise, the found substring may be a fragment of a larger string.

Regular expression

This is the option for the Search for edit box. When checked, the Search for
field contains a regular expression. Otherwise, it contains a plain text. See description of
regular expressions.

Newer or equal to

Searches only keys and values with date and time newer or equal to the specified date and time.

Older or equal to

Searches only keys and values with date and time older or equal to the specified date and time.

Found items

You can see found items here. Click on a header of a column to sort according to
the column. Use the Space key to focus an item in an active panel.